The major goal this workshop is to practice a skill that is often underdeveloped in scientists: divergent thinking, which involves connecting things that do not seem to have much anything in common.
Accommodation: Hotel Hessenland in Kassel
Workshops: Bootshaus Kassel University (Auedamm 27)
Duration: August 22-25, 2017
Agenda
August 22
13:30 Meeting in Hotel Hessenland, Lobby; Tour 1: Torwache, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Grimmwelt, Museum für Sepulkralkultur
17:00 Workshop 1: General introduction
19:30 Dinner (Karl’s, Weserstraße 2a)
August 23
9:00 Meeting in Hotel Hessenland, Lobby; Tour 2: Fridericianum, Documenta Halle
16:00 Workshop 2: Presentations: Select 1 piece of art, present picture, and relate to your project; what does it imply for the project, what studies does it suggest?
19:00 Dinner (self-organized, Baedergasse 6)
August 24
9:00 Meeting in Hotel Hessenland, Lobby; Tour 3: Neue Galerie, Palais Bellevue, Orangerie
15:00 Workshop 3: Presentations: You will be assigned 1 piece of art that you relate to the bigger question driving your project; what does it imply theoretically, what modifications does it suggest?
17:00 Fulda exploration by canoe
19:00 Dinner (ordered, Baedergasse 6)
August 25
9:00 Check-Out & Meeting in Hotel Hessenland, Lobby; Tour 4: Stadtmuseum, KulturBahnhof, Bali-Kino, Neue Neue Galerie
14:00 Workshop 4: Presentations: What can we “learn from Athens”? Scientically! And which suggestions do you have for our project logo and “house style” (posters, etc.)?
16:00 Back Home